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21. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... defend the environment is to defend our common home.” In 2019, the Diocese of Trujillo pointed to what it called an illegal concession in the national park as the source of the conflict. According to ...; Created on 25 September 2020
22. The lawyers in the Guapinol case reject denial of appeal stating that it was copied and pasted form a different resolution: (Mining and Human Rights); ... company came to intimidate a peaceful camp that had been installed in the community of Guapinol as a demonstration of their legitimate opposition to an iron oxide mine operating illegally in the Carlos ...; Created on 24 August 2020
23. The Honduran government intensifies persecution against defenders of the Guapinol River: (Regional News); ... strongly denounced the illegal and harmful activities of the company and the irregularities in the issuence of mining licenses within the limits of the Carlos Escaleras National Reserve Park. The preliminary ...; Created on 20 August 2020
24. Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case: (Regional News); ... armed security guards at the peaceful camp that had been set up a month earlier to defend the rivers that supply the community from the impacts of contamination by the mining project illegally installed ...; Created on 18 August 2020
25. HONDURAS: Human rights defenders threatened by armed groups during quarantine: (Regional News); ... on multiple occasions, by phone and in person, for her to meet with Lenir Pérez, one of the owners of the Guapinol mining project, for which they are Seven land defenders were illegally detained. The leader ...; Created on 31 July 2020
26. The Duterte era: A state of nature under attack: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Sea, wholesale export of minerals to foreign economies, losses to the illegal wildlife trade, and sovereign guarantees in large dam and water projects. 4. The Philippines became the world’s deadliest ...; Created on 25 July 2020
27. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... organizations are unable to accompany them or to properly verify and register complaints. In addition, eight water defenders are being held in illegal pre-trial detention and face additional threats ...; Created on 23 July 2020
28. The state of Siege in Izabal and Alta Verapaz: shelters, poppies, and the fear of repression: (Regional News); ... department of Alta Verapaz. The government's justification for decreeing the state of Siege is that the presence of organized crime groups carrying out illicit activities such as drug trafficking, illegal ...; Created on 22 July 2020
29. Social organizations reject militarization in five municipalities of Guatemala: (Regional News); ... such as drug trafficking, organized crime, and illegal activities. The Association of University Students "Oliverio Castañeda de León" and the Center for Legal Action in Human Rights (CALDH) believe that ...; Created on 20 July 2020
30. Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... illegally in the country, and policies to deal with the threat of contamination from mining projects located in the borders of Honduras and Guatemala”. Environmentalists are also concerned about the ...; Created on 15 July 2020
31. In El Estor: a chain of breaches and contempt by CGN-PRONICO puts the lives of human rights defenders at risk: (Regional News); ... of illegalities orchestrated by CGN-PRONICO-Solway. Moreover, when President Giammattei announced the implementation of social distancing measures and the suspension of productive activities in the face ...; Created on 12 June 2020
32. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... president of KCA, Daniel Kappes, and the general manager of the mine in Guatemala for illegal exploitation of natural resources, when the company failed to respect the suspension order and continued operating. ...; Created on 03 May 2020
33. Arrests, harassment of environmental defenders amid COVID-19 Pandemic in the Philippines: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Tomalon was arrested by the Philippine National Police (PNP) on charges of serious illegal detention and kidnapping. These are trumped-up charges meant to silence her activism. Gloria was also labelled ...; Created on 21 April 2020
34. CEJIL requests revocation of preventive detention of Guapinol water defenders: (Regional News); ... the appeals filed by the defenders' lawyers to review the imposition of preventive detention since September 01, 2019, after having been formally prosecuted for the crimes of aggravated arson and illegal ...; Created on 20 April 2020
35. International report finds that the Honduran government violates the rights of Tocoa's environmental defender: (Regional News); ... of the 31 criminalized defenders remain illegally detained, the rest, along with their family and friends, continue to be stigmatized and forced to live in a state of fear and anxiety. Despite the ...; Created on 20 April 2020
36. Criminalization increases against environmental defenders and social movements of the Central American region: (Regional News); ... where a significant resistance against extractive projects is taking place, have been punished with a partial State of Siege while extractive projects operate illegally. An alarming sign of this trend ...; Created on 26 December 2019
37. Tocoa is declared free of mining, but controversial mining project remains active: (Regional News); ... solution on the illegality of the mining concessions granted in Tocoa. “It is a lack of respect what has occurred in this municipality today, we do not accept it, we reject and condemn that Mel Zelaya, ...; Created on 26 December 2019
38. Honduran Land Defenders Receive the prestigious Letelier-Moffit award in Washington: (Regional News); ... escalating conflict between big landowners and small farmers whose lands are being illegally occupied to make way for the palm oil industry. The impacts of the conflict on the rights of the local rural ...; Created on 24 October 2019
39. In Guatemala, north american mining company sues in La Puya case: (Kappes Kassiday & Associates Guatemala ); ... minerals, even after a court ruling ordering the company to stop which resulted in the opening of an investigation for the crime of illegal exploitation. Guatemala, has previously paid 249 million Quetzales ...; Created on 18 September 2019
40. The long overdue breakup: Nueva Vizcaya and Oceanagold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... of Didipio, saying that the Oceanagold operation has been considered illegal. Last month, July 26, the regional trial court of Nueva Vizcaya ruled against the injunction filed by Oceanagold to stop the ...; Created on 16 September 2019

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